Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 11:35:16 EST
From: "once more...with feeling!"
Subject: PROPOSAL: A Masterful Way With Critiques
(sigh...I have pieces I set aside to critique from december, I have
work that is taking up more and more time, and I really, really hate
this little topic that comes up...I feel so guilty, like I should drop
everything and do many, many crits overnight...aha! I just need some
help from the undead!)
Okay. Given that we have a) large number of people who submit and b)
some people who crit and c) no way to match up the critiquers and the
submitters plus d) some folks who hesitate to crit...
I'd like to call for a volunteer (yes, YOU! step right up, step right
up...)
said volunteer (hereafter called the critmeister!) will do the
following...
1. solicit other volunteers from the list who would like to do
critiques (may also get info about which kind of stuff they would like
to critique, how often, etc.) -- call these the vampires...
2. provide these suck..er, volunteers, that is, with checklists,
helpful hints, or anything like that to make it easy to crit.
3. when a submission is sent to the list, the critmeister will take
someone from the list of vampires and ask them to attac..critique the
work.
4. if desired, a vampire can ask the critmeister, fellow vamps, or
even the list to critique the critique. Critiques are writing too,
where you are trying to reach a very specific audience with a
particular message. The audience of the critique can tell you rather
quickly how good your writing is.
(BTW--there are FAQs on critiquing and submitting...send
LISTSERV@vm1.nodak.edu a message with
/ship writers 20826
for 20826 FAQ: SUB guidelines (DRAFT!) - submission guidelines
or send
/ship writers 20849
for 20849 FAQ: CRIT guidelines (DRAFT!) - critique guidelines
:-)
What does this do for the submitters?
They are more likely to get at least one crit (from a vampire assigned
to them...)
What does this do for the vampires?
They are allowed...even encouraged!...to concentrate on the piece the
meister assigns to them. They know that other vampires will take care
of other pieces, but this is their bloo...mea..piece to critique.
What does this do for the critmeister?
They will sleep well, knowing that truth, justice, and better
critiquing through meister organization have come to the list...
*sniff! makes a body feel proud, don't it?*
so, come on, come on, will the critmeister step forward and take a
coffin? bring your own dirt?
(get your garlic, crucifi, and silver weapons here! cheap at twice
the price? okay, I'll raise my prices!)
with only a touch of jest...
tink
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